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Home My WebLink About07212010 Historic Preservation Packet Seward Historic Preservation Commission Regular Meetin _ _„: s }�wv4 • • J 1Y.0 • Waterfront of Seward (Sylvia Sexton Collection) Seward Community Library Association Historic Photo Collection July 21, 2010 Regular Meeting City Council Chambers Beginning at 6:30 pm Seward Historic Preservation Commission Regular Meeting July 21, 2010 6:30 p.m. City Council Chambers Linda Lasota 1. Call to Order Vice -Chair Term Expires 05/12 2. Opening Ceremony John French A. Pledge of Allegiance Commissioner Term Expires 05/11 3. Roll Call Monica Hinders Commissioner 4. Special Reports Term Expires 5/12 A. City Administration Report B. Other Reports, Announcements & Presentations David Hamner 1. Friends of the Jesse Lee Home Update Commissioner p Term Expires 5/12 2. Website Updates — Reynolds 3. Photos for CLG Grant 2008 — Lasota Ryan Reynolds 4. Historic Site Inventory — All Commissioner Term Expires 05 /11 5. Citizens' Comments on Agenda Items Not Scheduled for Catherine Richardson Public Hearing and Other Items Not Included on the Commissioner Agenda. [Those who have signed in will be given the first Term Expires 05/13 opportunity to speak Time is limited to 2 minutes per speaker and 30 minutes total time for this agenda item] Tim Sczawinski Commissioner Term Expires 05/13 6. Approval of Agenda and Consent Agenda. [Approval of Consent Agenda passes all routine items indicated by asterisk Phillip Oates M. Consent Agenda items are not considered separately City Manager unless a Commissioner so requests. In the event of such a Patricia Linville request, the item is returned to the Regular Agenda.] Library Director 7. Public Hearings [Limit comments to 5 minutes. Those who Amy Carney have signed in will be given the first opportunity to speak] - Library /Museum Staff None Historic Preservation Commission Regular Meeting Agenda July 21, 2010 1 8. Unfinished Business A. Historic Preservation Award Nomination .. Page 3 B. Grant Lake/Falls Creek Hydroelectric Project Report Page 8 9. New Business A. Discussion of Current and Future Grants Page 9 B. Elect Chair and Vice Chair * C. June 16, 2010 Regular Meeting Minutes Page 13 10. Informational Items and Reports (No action required) A. Grant Updates — Linville 1. CLG Grant - Hoben Park Restoration, PH III Planters . Page 17 2. CLG Grant - Iditarod Trail Centennial Memorial Monument .. Page 22 3. CLG Grant - Providing Access to Seward Cemetery Information Page 23 11. Commission Comments 12. Citizens' Comments [Limit to 5 minutes per individual — Each individual has one opportunity to speak] 13. Commissions and Administration Response to Citizens' Comments 14. Adjournment Historic Preservation Commission Regular Meeting Agenda July 21, 2010 2 Historic Preservation Agenda Statement Meeting Date: July 21, 2010 Of SFy, To Historic Preservation Commission t51 From: Patricia Linville, HP City Liaison Agenda Item: 2010 Historic Preservation Award BACKGROUND & JUSTIFICATION: At the recommendation of the Commission the City Council established an annual Seward Historic Preservation Award. The purpose of the award is to recognize local preservation efforts and encourage community understanding and appreciation of Seward's history. Anyone who has contributed towards local historic preservation is eligible for the award. Award recipients are recognized with a city proclamation and their name engraved on a plaque that is located in City Hall. In the past, recipients have been recognized by the City Council in March around Seward's Day, and/or in May during National Historic Preservation Week. When the award was announced to the public in April no nominations were received. Possible candidates for the award were listed by the Commission during discussion at the June 16 meeting. The Commission asked that they receive that list at this meeting in order to consider and choose a recipient for 2010. Persons listed to receive the 2010 Historic Preservation Award are: • Tom Swan- former Commissioner, preservation work on the Odd Fellows Hall • Dan Seavey - Historic Iditarod Trail Alliance • Seward Rotary- Cemetery work • Carol Griswold- Seward Light and Power Building designation on the Seward Historic Register • Shannon Kovac -Hoben Park (Tom Swann nomination per phone conversation on July 13, 2010) The procedures to nominate an individual for the award were established by Historic Preservation Resolution 95 -09, which staff has provided with this agenda statement. Discussions and motions by the Commission in the past several years have supported the Annual Award be presented to only one recipient per year. A list of past recipients of the Historic Preservation award is attached. RECOMMENDATION: Discuss the 2010 Historic Preservation Annual Award. Decide whether to follow established nomination procedure as outlined in HP Resolution 95 -09 or take alternative action. 3 Sponsored by Staff CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 95-09 A RESOLUTION OF THE SEWARD HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION, RECOMMENDING THAT THE SEWARD CITY COUNCIL ESTAB- LISH AN ANNUAL SEWARD HISTORIC PRESERVATION AWARD WHEREAS, it is the responsibility of the Historic Preservation Commission to work toward the continuing education of citizens regarding local historic preservation and community history; and WHEREAS, an annual Seward Historic Preservation Award will serve to publicly recognize the citizens in the community who contribute to historic preservation in Seward; and WHEREAS, the award will educate and raise the pubic awareness regarding the importance of local historic preservation. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Seward Historic Preservation Commission that: Section 1. The following procedure will be used to nominate an individual for the Seward Historic Preservation Award: 1. Nomination forms may be received from the City Community Development Department, Seward Public Library or Seward Museum. 2. Nomination forms must be submitted to the Community Development Department by February 1st of each year. All nominations must include the nominee's signature of consent. 3. The Historic Preservation Commission will evaluate the nominations, choose the award recipient(s) and the City Council will award the individual(s) through proclamation in March of each year. Section 2. The proposed resolution, attached and incorporated herein by reference, recommending that the City Council establish the annual Seward Historic Preservation Award, is forwarded to the City Council for consideration. Section 3. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption. PASSED AND APPROVED by the Seward Historic Preservation Commission this 21st day of June, 1995. 4 Seward Planning and Zoning Commission Resolution No. 95 - THE CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA ' Shannon Skibeness, Chairman AYES: Capra, Darling, Galvano, Skibeness, Wiley NOES: None ABSENT: Kowalski, Seavey ABSTAIN: None ATTEST: mda S. urphy, C CI City Clerk ;�CilFF3..t., ('City Seal) 5 NM Annual Seward Historic Preservation Award 1996 1997 1998 Virginia Darling Lee McAnerney The Gage Family Mary Barry Pat Williams Donna Kowalski Billy Blackjack Johnson Lee Poleske Margaret Jackie Deck Herman & Winifred Leirer 1999 2000 2001 Mike Stalling Jennifer Headtke Dave Crane Jeannie Shirk Pam Herman 2002 2003 2004 Dan Seavey Staff of the Library Brown & Hawkins Kerry Martin Family Legacy 2005 2006 2007 Jon Faulkner Congregation of St. Peter's Kerry Kline (Van Gilder Hotel) Episcopal Church Restoration of 1925 Reredos Mural 2008 2009 Lee Poleske Jacquelin B. Pels 6 SEWARD HISTORIC PRESERVATION AWARD NOMINATION FORM Nominations must be received by the City of Seward, Seward Community Library by: June 1st, 2010 Person you are nominating for this award: (self nominations are acceptable). • Nominee's contributions towards historic preservation in the community of Seward: Please check all the applicable boxes listed below and attach a written description of the nominee's contributions. ❑ Survey and inventory work of historic architectural and archaeological resources in the community. ❑ Development and submission of National Register of Historic Places nominations for properties within the community. ❑ Contribution towards education of citizens regarding local historic preservation and community history. ❑ Research and documentation of the history of the community of Seward. ❑ Publications about the history of the community of Seward ❑ Reconstruction and restoration work towards historic preservation in the community. ❑ Curatorial, historical records, photo collections, or museum contributions which contribute to the community's historic heritage. ❑ Organization of historical records for easy reference for others to gain a better understanding of Seward's historic heritage. ❑ Contributions towards historic preservation planning. ❑ Oral history contributions towards preserving Seward's historic heritage. ❑ Progress towards having a climate controlled centralized historic collection in Seward. ❑ Any other contributions related to historic preservation. Nominee's Address: Phone: Submitted by: Contact Phone: Historic Preservation Agenda Statement eoF set Meeting Date: July 21, 2010 To: Historic Preservation Commission From: Library Director, Patricia Linville Agenda Item: Grant Lake/Falis Creek Hydro Section 106 Consultation Update BACKGROUND & JUSTIFICATION: The Kenai Borough Assembly discussed and voted down a resolution to have the Assembly write a letter in opposition to the Grant Lake Hydro project at their June 22, 2010 meeting. Sue McClure, Assembly Member, related to me that the letter to oppose the project was probably too early in the process. It did however enable those in the area an opportunity to voice their opinions. She said the process is just starting and there will be much discussion as it moves forward. She has given me a detailed description of the project and the process that is available for your review. As it is lengthy I will print only for those who request a copy. Linda and Tim attended the teleconference on June 24, 2010 and will report their observations. RECOMMENDATIONS: Linda Lasota and Tim Sczawinski will give a synopsis of the teleconference and suggestions for future action if any. 8 Historic Preservation Agenda Statement a of SF4, co Meeting Date: July 21, 2010 `�.. 1 1:4 - s o To: Historic Preservation Commission From: Library Director, Patricia Linville Agenda Item: Discussion of Future Grant Projects BACKGROUND & JUSTIFICATION: Commission and staff have indicated a desire to list future grant projects in an effort to be prepared for the short lead time given from the initial grant announcement to submit deadline of the CLG grants. A partial list of possible projects is attached along with the HP priority list. The priority list is intended as an aid /guide for the discussion. RECOMMENDATIONS: Commission create a list possible future grant ideas. 9 Future CLG Grant Ideas 1. Take photos of items in the cemetery and put the on the HP website or create a book (in -kind match). 10 Seward Historic Preservation Commission 2010 - Priorities List 2011 Public Outreach 1. Historic Preservation Website- Continual updating, work on the Seward Register Sites 2. National Historic Preservation Month- Continue to participate and plan celebrations for the recognition of H.P. Month. The scope of the activities will vary from year to year, but activity needs to be identified many months in advance. a. The month of May is Historic Preservation Month b. Place the National Historic Preservation Month on the January Agenda 3. Seward Annual Historic Preservation Award- Continue to solicit candidates. a. The Historic Preservation award may be given in May. b. Place the Seward Annual Historic Preservation Award on the January Agenda. c. Solicit the public to nominate people they think deserve to be a recipient of the award. d. Update City plaque as appropriate. 4. Local Plants and Tree a. Inventory of Local Plants and Trees b. Solicit Nominations From the Public 5. The First Friday Fireside Historical Lecture Series - a. August meeting agenda item to set up work session to brainstorm program ideas 6. Cemetery Information Project a. Place Cemetery/Obituary Information on Seward Historic Preservation website, develop an informational pamphlet, create a book and compile obituaries. Historic Structures & Sites 1. Hoben Park has been approved for historic reconstruction by Council a. The Commission continues to support and is willing to assist with this project. 2. Continue to update the Seward Inventory of Historic Sites 3. Continue to nominate structures and site to Seward Local Register 4. Monitor the Jesse Lee Home Project 5. Monitor the Library Museum Project 6. Monitor the National Park Service Project Historic Preservation Plan 1. Seward Historic Preservation Plan- The plan needs to be reviewed and updated. a. Future CLG Grant Application 11Page 11 ri. Seward Historic Preservation Commission 2010 - Priorities List 2011 Other Required Tasks 1. *Establish and maintain a basic working inventory of cultural resources in the local area, compatible with the Alaska Heritage Resources Survey and annually provide new data to the Offices of History and Archaeology. — CLG Historic Preservation Program, State Guidelines Pg. 3. 2. *Survey and inventory community historic architectural and archaeological resources within the community. 3. Set priorities for grant applications. a. Schedule annual work session to discuss future grant applications * Required by City Code Updated May 12, 2010 PL 2IPage 12 City of Seward, Alaska Historic Preservation Commission Minutes June 16, 2010 Volume 2, Page 18 9 Call to Order The June 16, 2010 regular meeting of the Seward Historic Preservation Commission was called to order at 6:30 p.m. by Chair Linda Lasota. • Opening Ceremony Commissioner Hamner led the Pledge of Allegiance. Commissioner Lasota welcomed the new commissioners. Roll Call There were present: Chair Linda Lasota presiding, and Ryan Reynolds Dave Hamner Tim Sczawinski Cathy Richardson Absent was John French (excused), Monica Hinders (excused). Comprising a quorum of the Commission; and Patricia Linville, Library Director Special Reports City Administration Report- • Linville welcomed new commissioners. • Linville reported that new HP notebooks will be available soon. She is currently updating them from 2003. • Linville reported that Dan Seavey is working on a grant to create the Iditarod Centennial Memorial Monument for the spring. The sites and work have been donated. Seavey hopes to raise the rest of the money. The entire project has been estimated at $50,000. • Linville happily reported that the City has received $4.7 million for the library museum • project. The project is still scheduled to complete in August 2012. A work session for project details has been rescheduled to June 29 at 6 pm in the Council Chambers. • Linville added that she is investigating another grant that concerns cemetery information about people buried in Seward Cemetery. She is consulting with copyright professional to learn of copyright issues with obituaries. Other Reports, Announcements & Presentations - Friends of the Jesse Lee Home Update • Lasota suggested a new commissioner fill in Swann's place. 13 W. City of Seward, Alaska Historic Preservation Commission Minutes June 16, 2010 Volume 2, Page 190 • Linville agreed. • Lasota suggested Doug Capra, Tom Swann, or John French could take over. • Hamner suggested the commission discuss this in next meeting. Website Updates Reynolds • Lasota suggested Reynolds work with Luther to take over website updates. • Reynolds accepted task. • Lasota briefed commission on website purpose. Photos for CLG Grant 2008 — Lasota • Lasota reported that most of the photos have been taken, but the biggest project is cataloging the photos in a spreadsheet and uploading it to the website. Historical Site Inventory - All • None Citizens' Comments on Any Subject Except Those Items Scheduled For Public Hearing — Approval of Agenda and Consent Agenda Motion (Hamner/Reynolds) Approve the Agenda and Consent Agenda Motion Passed Unanimous Consent * The following items were approved under the Consent Agenda: Meeting Minutes for the May 12 2010 Meeting of the Historic Preservation Commission Public Hearing — None Unfinished Business- None New Business- A. Hoben Park Planter Updates Linville a. Electric department needs to confirm that planters are not interfering with electric conduit under Hoben Park. b. Need permission from SeaLife Center since some of planters may cross property line. Schafermeyer has been contacted. c. Harmon has discussed design of planters for safety and winterizing. d. Commissioner Sczawinski suggested an investigation into Hoben Park as an archeological site. e. Commissioner Hamner would like Harmon to talk to all of HP commissioners about details of planter structure. 14 City of Seward, Alaska Historic Preservation Commission Minutes June 16, 2010 Volume 2, Page 191 f. Goal of completion is September. g. Commissioner Lasota asked Linville to invite Harmon to next meeting in July. Linville confirmed. B. Historic Preservation Award Update a. Linville reported publicity for HP Award was sent out, but no nominations were received. b. Lasota asked for commissioner reconumendations or comments for nominees. c. Reynolds suggested that the commission could publicize again, but had no suggestions himself. d. Lasota asked for nominations now or next meeting. e. Sczawinski asked if Dan Seavey had been nominated in past. Lasota read list of awards and nominations in the past. f. Hamner suggested Tom Swann. Lasota read purpose of award and qualified characteristics. g. Reynolds suggested Carol Griswold. h. Names were gathered for voting in next month's meeting. (Capra, Griswold, Seavey, Swann, Seward Rotary) Motion (Hamner/Richardson) Vote for Award Recipient in Next Meeting Motion Passed Unanimous Consent C. Grant Lake/Falls Creek Hydro - Section 106 Consultation a. Meeting rescheduled for June 24 through teleconference. b. Linville suggested that a commissioner join teleconference. Lasota confirmed that she would register. Linville said that Carney would also attend. c. KPB assembly meeting has a resolution in place scheduled for June 22 covering Moose Pass and Seward area. Lasota recommended the commission pay attention to happenings since that falls within its jurisdiction. Hamner suggested that the Commission's jurisdiction boundaries be brought to the next meeting. *D. May 12, 2010 Regular Meeting Minutes Informational Items — • Hamner asked for new binders to contain current Historic Preservation plan. • Linville requested that updated binder items be digitalized in Word format to create ease of editing throughout the years. • Hamner suggested those files be made available on website for ease of access. Commission Comments- • Lasota suggested work session be held after July 21 meeting. • Reynolds remarked that he is proud to join the commission and looks forward to the time ahead. • Hamner welcomed the three new commissioners. 15 City of Seward, Alaska Historic Preservation Commission Minutes June 16, 2010 Volume 2, Page 192 • Sczawinski thanked the commission for all the hard work they have put into preserving history. • Richardson said that she is happy to be a part of the commission and agreed with Sczawnski comment. • Lasota thanked Luther for his service. She requested Swann and Luther receive thank you notes. Citizens' Comments [Limit to 5 minutes per individual- Each individual has one opportunity to speak] - None Commissions and Administration Response to Citizens' Comments- None The meeting was adjourned at 7:34 p.m. Amy Carney Linda Lasota, Vice Chair Library Staff (City Seal) 16 Memorandum Date: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 ` se To: Seward Historic Preservation Commission . �4SY From: Patricia Linville, Historic Preservation Commission Admin Liaison Subject: CLG Grant Hoben Park Restoration, Phase III, Planters Update Comments: The attached quarterly report was submitted to SHPO on July 1. Recommendations: Informational only. 17 • Mani Office 1907 224-4050 • Poke .'907' 2 ?1 3338 C ' ,l am • Fat ,U r 224-:34-V : f'() f3[.)\ W),' • ;i1 v ( lark ;7071: S t4E, Si \.)► \RI ) 99661 t )VJ 1,14,,E00 • I 1 ,neenn+J i907, «a 40.v_, • i_'i,l.l,e c • +' -> i ;::?;t ' »':1 40: July 1, 2010 Jean Ayers, Grants Administrator SHPO 550 West Seventh Avenue, Suite 1380 Anchorage, AK 99501 -3561 Subject: Quarterly Progress Report for the 2009 CLG Grant #09511 Dear Ms. Ayers, The Historic Preservation Commission discussed the 2009 CLG Grant at their Regular Meetings on April 21, 2010, May 12, 2010 and June 16, 2010. During the month of April, quotes were sought from area wide contractors. The first round of quotes were over the budget of the project. A second quote request was sent asking for a break -down of costs in order to determine if the project could be done in phases. There was one response. That contractor has agreed to complete the project as outlined in the grant and donate any costs above $5000. A copy of his quote is attached. Work has been completed on building the forms for the planters. Progress is being made on getting the mold and mix correct as per the attached emails. Due to the delay in finding a contractor the completion date has been moved September 1, 2010. There were no expenses submitted during this quarter. If you have any questions regarding the project or need additional information, please contact Patricia Linville (907) 224 - 4008 or email plinville @cityofseward.net. Sincerely, Patricia Linville, Library Director Seward Community Library Executive Liaison to City of Seward Historic Preservation Commission Seward, Alaska 18 Patricia Linville From: Harmon Construction < harmon@harmon- construction.com> Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 1:42 PM To: Patricia Linville Subject: Rebid on Hoben Park Planters Follow Up Flag: Follow up Flag Status: Flagged Categories: Historic Preservation Commission Patty, Please accept Harmon Construction's bid as submitted previously on April 14, 2010 for $8,800.00. Larry would like to be the one to reconstruct the planters. If awarded this bid, he is willing to donate $3,800.00 back to the project to keep the cost at $5,000.00. Thank you, Lori Harmon Construction. Inc. PO Box 1650 Seward, AK 99664 907 - 224 -7145 907 - 224 -7144 FAX 1 19 Oft, Patricia Linville From: Harmon Construction < harmon @ harmon- construction.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 4:36 PM To: Patricia Linville Subject: Planters 6/10/10 Attachments: Hoben planters 6 -10 -10 (1).jpg; Hoben planters 6 -10 -10 (3).jpg Patty, I will send several emails to show you the progress of our planters so far. This is the foam mold we built to replicate the shape of the planter. Lori Harmon Construction, Inc. PO Box 1650 Seward, AK 99664 (907)224 -7145 (907)224 -7144 FAX Note: To protect against computer viruses, e-mail programs may prevent sending or receiving certain types of file attachments. 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However, progress on this grant has been made as you will see below: Dan Seavey reports: As of June approximately 30 hours of in -kind effort has been expended • Rock base for the monument has been donated • Moving the rock to the monument space has been donated by Pruitt and City of Seward. • Site is being selected from a site offered by the City along the south end of the bike path. Also under consideration is the end of 3rd Ave at the Sealife Center. • A preliminary design has been developed that is a prospector and freight/pack dog in bronze to sit atop the rock. Informational plaques attached to rock. • Additional funding has been requested from Kenai Mountain Turnagain Ann Heritage Corridor Committee. To help with this project please contact Dan Seavey at 224 -3518. Recommendations: Informational only 22 Memorandum Date: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 � oF S E`y To: Seward Historic Preservation Commission 414.Asr -P From: Patricia Linville, Historic Preservation Commission Admin Liaison Subject: CLG Grant Providing Access to Cemetery Information Grant Update Comments: The quarterly report sent to SHPO on July 1, 2010 is attached. Recommendations: Informational only 23 • Main Office 9r.r7 224-40Y, • !'nit 97' 224 333F; 1'0 IJt: }A IN 41.111. • :sr '.la rk ;r407 4 4'146 SINN \Ri) VNI\ A 99liii= i- i'p16l 'ftAB� • t_n ipecIng 1907 t • tq ` ?I 73 F July 1, 2010 Jean Ayers, Grants Administrator SHPO 550 West Seventh Avenue, Suite 1380 Anchorage, AK 99501 -3561 Subject: Quarterly Progress Report for the FY 2010 CLG Grant #10532 Dear Ms. Ayers, The Historic Preservation Commission discussed the 2009 CLG Grant at their Regular Meetings on May 12, 2010 and June 16, 2010. As the plan includes using information from obituaries, concern was voiced about copyright. Freya Anderson, librarian at the State Library has responded to this question. Her response will be discussed at the next regular meeting of the Commission. There were no expenses submitted during this quarter. If you have any questions regarding the project or need additional information, please contact Patricia Linville (907) 224 -4008 or email plinville @citvofseward.net. Sincerely, Patricia Linville, Library Director Seward Community Library Executive Liaison to City of Seward Historic Preservation Commission Seward, Alaska 24 Patricia Linville From: Anderson, Freya N (EED) <freya.anderson @alaska.gov> Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 2:28 PM To: Patricia Linville Subject: RE: Obituary Copyright Hi Patty - That sounds Tike an interesting and worthwhile project. My initial thoughts are that you would be fine to include any obituaries published pre -1923, as they should be out of copyright. For items published 1923 and later, some research and /or analysis may be necessary to determine whether the obits are under copyright and if so, if the use would be fair. • For items published between 1923 and 1977, if there is no copyright notice, they are in the public domain. However, it may be onerous to find the copyright notice, as it may be anywhere in the paper and rather small. Also, you would need to check each paper that contains an obituary that you would like to use. • For items published between 1923 and 1963 with a copyright notice, copyright status will depend upon whether or not the copyright holder renewed their copyright. While making an official determination is time consuming and expensive, you can make a probable determination fairly easily. So, decisions on whether to pursue this depend both on time available and sensitivity to risk. • Unpublished items, if you find any, have copyright protection for the life of the author plus 70 years. So, if you determine that an obituary is under copyright, can you use it? Under most circumstances, that would require a fair use analysis. As you know, I'm not a lawyer and cannot provide legal advice. Personally, posting obituaries would make me nervous. Since facts aren't copyrightable, I would be very comfortable posting death notices, or facts from obituaries, including citation information for requesting the obituaries through interlibrary loan. The difference, as I see it, is that posting online may result in lots of copies of lots of obituaries, while interlibrary loan is likely to be a much smaller number of copies, and less systematic. Might it be possible for you to get permission from the Seward Phoenix Log, and /or other commonly included newspapers, to post the copyrighted obituaries? I've found that local newspapers are often thrilled to get the information out, as it often makes life easier for them, as well, to be able to refer to a website. They may be less willing with more current obituaries that they may have online themselves, but then, with those you may be able to just link to either the individual obituaries or to the site. I hope that this gives you some things to think about and to discuss with the Commission. Feel free to call or email if you have further questions. All the best, 1 25 Freya Preserve the past • Educate a►1s • I rdiie potential THF. ALASKA STATE. DIVISION 9E DiRMI 41. (44 A LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES, & MUSEUMS Freya Anderson, Head of Information Services, Alaska State Library PO Box 110571, Juneau, AK 99811-0571 Phone: 907 - 465 -2942, Fax: 907 -465 -2665 httb: / /library.state.ak.us/ From: Patricia Linville [mailto:plinville @cityofseward.net] Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 5:03 PM To: Anderson, Freya N (EED) Subject: RE: Obituary Copyright We will develop a searchable database of people buried in the Seward Cemetery(s). Timeframe would be circa 1900 -the present. We would search all sources for obituaries for these people. We would like to have as much information as possible so I am assuming we would rather have obituaries than death notices. Hope this helps. Patty Patricia Linville, Library Director Seward Community Library 907 - 224 -4008 From: Anderson, Freya N (EED) [mailto :freya.anderson @alaska.gov] Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 4:28 PM To: Patricia Linville Subject: RE: Obituary Copyright Hi Patty- I'm going to get a swollen head! Alas, the first thing I need to do is ask you some questions back: Do you know what time frame you're talking about? The source of the obits? Do you anticipate that these are regular obits, or death notices that are pretty much just factual (usually not much more than dates)? Freya 2 26 From: Patricia Linville [mailto :plinville @cityofseward.net] Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 3:39 PM To: Anderson, Freya N (EED) Subject: Obituary Copyright Hi Freya, I think of you as the copyright goddess so you were the first resource that popped into my head when asked the following: The library serves as liaison to the Seward Historic Preservation Commission. We have a grant to do a cemetery project that entails making obituaries of people buried in Seward available on -line. The Commission wants to know what copyright issues we may encounter in doing this. Thanks for any information you have that may be of use to the Commission. Patty Patricia Linville, MLS, CPLA, Library Director Seward Community Library Box 2389 238 5th Ave Seward, AK 99664 907 -224 -4008 Direct 907 - 224 -4082 Library 907 - 224 -3521 FAX plinville @citvofseward.net www.citvofseward.net/library 3 27 July 2010 July 2010 August 2010 S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 4 5 6 7 8 910 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 29 30 31 Monday Tuesday Wednesday 'Thursday - - -- July 1 2 _ mom .... .... • .. __ Jul - 4th Holiday Offices Close 6' 7,r 8 5 9 �' y � 7.30pm P&Z Meeting 12:OOpm PACAB Meeting 11:30am Seward Community Library & Museum Building Committee (Library asement) 12., 13 14 1 5 _... 16 7:00pm City Council Meeting 19 _.. 20 m_P&Z Work Session 12:00 m PACAB Work 21 22 23 6:30 1 .__ p P 9:00am Social Security Session Rep 6:30pm Historic 6:OOpm CC WS (Proposed Preservation Refuse Tariff Meeting Increase) 30 26 27 7:OOpm City Council Meeting Nanci Richey 1 7/16/2010 1:50 PM August 2010 August 2010 September 2010 S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 29 30 31 26 27 28 29 30 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday August 2 3 - 4 5 E 7:30pm P&Z Meeting 9 10 11 12 -- 13 . 5 :OOpm CC WS (Title 7) 11:30am , o 7:OOpm City Council Meeting 16 17 18 19 20 6:30pm P&Z Work Session 12:OOpm PACAB Work 9 :OOam Social Security Session Rep 6:30pm Historic Preservation Meeting 23 24 25 26 27 7:OOpm City Council Prima Election Meeting 30 31 I I ' I Nanci Richey 2 7/16/2010 1:50 PM